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Half Day | Max. 40 Participants
Workshop Outcomes
- Understanding the role: Clarify the unique role and influence of middle leaders within organisational structures
- Multitasking: Manage competing pressures and interpret senior messaging with clarity
- Supporting your wellbeing in order to thrive: Apply practical strategies to reduce stress and build personal resilience and work towards anti-fragility
- Supporting team wellbeing: particularly in times of change or restructure
Topics Covered
- The Middle Leader as the REAL Organisational Powerhouse – defining the role and scope of influence
- Working in the Buffer Zone - Balancing pressures and navigating expectations from senior leaders and staff
- Making the Message Work – tools for translating Making the Message Work – tools for translating strategy into team-focused communication
- Wellbeing – strategies for sustaining yourself and supporting others
- Leading Through Change – guiding teams with confidence and stability during uncertainty
- Action Planning – consolidating insights and setting next-step commitments
Location
- Willing to work remote
- Willing to work interstate
- Willing to work internationally
How can this workshop be delivered?
- Face to face
Overview
Middle Leaders – The Genuine Organisational Powerhouses is an intensive half-day workshop designed to empower those who sit at the crucial intersection between senior leadership and staff. Middle leaders are the organisational powerhouses absorbing pressure from above, holding teams steady and translating strategic direction into meaningful action. Yet, this pivotal role often comes with high levels of stress as middle leaders are expected to manage the wellbeing of others while navigating their own. During times of significant organisational change such as restructures, the middle leader becomes the anchor for trust, clarity and stability. This workshop provides practical strategies to thrive in this challenging space, including tools for clear communication, stress management and leading with resilience. Participants will leave with renewed confidence, practical frameworks and an action plan to strengthen their influence and sustain themselves and their teams in periods of change.
Workshop Outcomes
- Understanding the role: Clarify the unique role and influence of middle leaders within organisational structures
- Multitasking: Manage competing pressures and interpret senior messaging with clarity
- Supporting your wellbeing in order to thrive: Apply practical strategies to reduce stress and build personal resilience and work towards anti-fragility
- Supporting team wellbeing: particularly in times of change or restructure
Topics Covered
- The Middle Leader as the REAL Organisational Powerhouse – defining the role and scope of influence
- Working in the Buffer Zone - Balancing pressures and navigating expectations from senior leaders and staff
- Making the Message Work – tools for translating Making the Message Work – tools for translating strategy into team-focused communication
- Wellbeing – strategies for sustaining yourself and supporting others
- Leading Through Change – guiding teams with confidence and stability during uncertainty
- Action Planning – consolidating insights and setting next-step commitments
Who is this workshop for
Middle leaders; aspirant leaders
Handouts/materials provided
Handouts:
1. Role of the Middle Leader Visual Map – influence and responsibilities
2. Pressure Points Reflection Worksheet – stress triggers and strategies
3. Messaging Map Template – interpreting and reframing communication
4. Wellbeing Toolkit – antifragility practices for self and team
5. Change Leadership Checklist – guiding teams through restructure
6. Personal Action Plan Template – setting goals and next steps
What to bring
Pen and paper
Facilitator
About the facilitator
Nikki does meaningful work that makes a difference to her clients, the community, and her own continuous learning.
She partners with organisations to drive transformative change, bringing deep expertise across consulting, organisational leadership, workforce capability, team development, and strategy. Recognised as a dynamic researcher, program designer, facilitator, and communicator, Nikki’s work spans strategic policy design, program evaluation, stakeholder engagement, instructional design, and capability uplift—delivering results across multinational corporations, government agencies, non-profits, and small businesses at state, national, and international levels.
Previously, as National Education Lead for an international consultancy, Nikki led large-scale, system-wide education, training, and capability uplift initiatives across Australia. She also held leadership roles within the Victorian government and education system, where she led online learning strategy, curriculum development, wellbeing, and literacy support. She currently serves as a Director on a Victorian government board.
Alongside her practice, Nikki is an accomplished researcher and writer with a Masters by Research, and has been commissioned by high-profile organisations including the Australian Emergency Management Institute, Australian Institute of Disaster Resilience, National Australia Day Council, Microsoft Australia and Asia Pacific, Education Services Australia, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, ACARA, VCAA, DE Victoria and NT, the Asia Education Foundation, nbn co., and the Red Cross.
Nikki is a passionate learning designer, facilitator, and strategic thinker who builds inclusive, evidence-based approaches that empower people, strengthen leadership, and foster meaningful engagement. Known for her ability to connect, collaborate, and innovate, she helps leaders and teams think creatively, act with purpose, and deliver results. She works with empathy, kindness, and a strengths-based approach, ensuring enduring impact for every client.
Key Expertise
- Strategy and Planning
- Business Development
- Strengths-based Practice
- Leadership
- High Performing Teams
- Feedback and Positive Professional Conversations
- Presentation Skills
- Adaptive Expertise
- Public Speaking
- Stakeholder Engagement
Industry Focus
- Training, Learning and Development
- Government
- Small business
- Corporate teams
Based in:
About the facilitator
Nikki does meaningful work that makes a difference to her clients, the community, and her own continuous learning.
She partners with organisations to drive transformative change, bringing deep expertise across consulting, organisational leadership, workforce capability, team development, and strategy. Recognised as a dynamic researcher, program designer, facilitator, and communicator, Nikki’s work spans strategic policy design, program evaluation, stakeholder engagement, instructional design, and capability uplift—delivering results across multinational corporations, government agencies, non-profits, and small businesses at state, national, and international levels.
Previously, as National Education Lead for an international consultancy, Nikki led large-scale, system-wide education, training, and capability uplift initiatives across Australia. She also held leadership roles within the Victorian government and education system, where she led online learning strategy, curriculum development, wellbeing, and literacy support. She currently serves as a Director on a Victorian government board.
Alongside her practice, Nikki is an accomplished researcher and writer with a Masters by Research, and has been commissioned by high-profile organisations including the Australian Emergency Management Institute, Australian Institute of Disaster Resilience, National Australia Day Council, Microsoft Australia and Asia Pacific, Education Services Australia, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, ACARA, VCAA, DE Victoria and NT, the Asia Education Foundation, nbn co., and the Red Cross.
Nikki is a passionate learning designer, facilitator, and strategic thinker who builds inclusive, evidence-based approaches that empower people, strengthen leadership, and foster meaningful engagement. Known for her ability to connect, collaborate, and innovate, she helps leaders and teams think creatively, act with purpose, and deliver results. She works with empathy, kindness, and a strengths-based approach, ensuring enduring impact for every client.
Key Expertise
- Strategy and Planning
- Business Development
- Strengths-based Practice
- Leadership
- High Performing Teams
- Feedback and Positive Professional Conversations
- Presentation Skills
- Adaptive Expertise
- Public Speaking
- Stakeholder Engagement
Industry Focus
- Training, Learning and Development
- Government
- Small business
- Corporate teams
Based in:
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